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Toronto students celebrate the greatest country in the world

Toronto students celebrate the greatest country in the world

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TORONTO - Although school's out for the summer the Toronto Catholic school board didn't miss the opportunity to celebrate Canada Day with its students, albeit a little early.

The Canadian bishops, along with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, have launched a special fundraising campaign to raise emergency aid for Syrian refugees.

CCCB campaign to aid Syrian refugees

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EDMONTON - The Canadian bishops, along with the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, have launched a special fundraising campaign to raise emergency aid for Syrian refugees.

A boy walks on the rubble of buildings damaged by missiles fired by Syrian air force fighter jets in Salqin, Syria. On World Refugee Day, Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, chairman of the board of U.S. Catholic Relief Services, called upon governments to stop the shipment of arms to the Syrian government and rebel troops.

Syrian refugees need stronger international support

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WASHINGTON - Syrian refugees fleeing their homeland’s civil war deserve support from the international community in the form of food, water, shelter and education, said Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas, of Tucson, Ariz., chairman of the board of Catholic Relief Services.

Syrian refugees wait to receive aid and rations at the Al Zaatri refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan.

The Church’s response to the crisis in Syria

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The last three years of sponsoring Iraqi refugees has prepared Catholic parishes and religious communities to deal with the next wave coming from the civil war in Syria, said Office for Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto executive director Martin Mark.

A member of a UN mine-clearing unit carries unexploded bomblets from cluster bombs in this Sept. 5, 2006 file photo. These cluster bombs were dropped in Lebanon by Israeli forces during their conflict with Hezbollah in the summer of 2006.

Holy See unhappy with Canadian arms treaty inaction

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A Vatican diplomat has signalled serious concerns over Canada’s belated attempt to ratify an arms control treaty it signed five years ago.

A village child growing up in Malawi may grow up richer than his parents. The World Bank claims absolute poverty is on its way down in Africa.

The World Bank’s plan to help end ‘absolute poverty’

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The World Bank is promising the poor will not always be with us.

A woman carrying a child on her back climbs up a hill with other survivors during rescue operations in India’s mountainous Uttarakhand state June 23.

Church groups aid India flood relief

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THRISSUR, INDIA - Church charity groups in India joined security personnel in rescue and relief work for hundreds of thousands of people affected by flash floods and massive landslides in northeastern India’s Uttarakhand state.

Lindsay Gladding shows her son William, 5, some of the activities that refugee child partake in while visiting a Child Friendly Space inside a refugee camp.

World Vision trying to bring some normality to Syrian refugee children

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TORONTO - Last November, while visiting a refugee camp in Lebanon for Syrians fleeing the civil war in their homeland, Lindsay Gladding found out first hand how important World Vision's Child Friendly Spaces are.

People demonstrate outside the Supreme Court building in Washington in this photo from late March, when the court heard oral arguments in two same-sex marriage cases. The court ruled as unconstitutional the federal Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, in a 5-4 decision issued June 26. In a separate case, the court sent back to lower courts a challenge to California's Proposition 8, the voter-approved initiative barring same-sex marriage.

U.S. bishops view Supreme Court's rulings as 'tragic day for marriage'

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Catholic bishops said the U.S. Supreme Court's June 26 rulings on same-sex marriage were a "tragic day for marriage and our nation."

U.S. President Barack Obama pauses and wipes his forehead as he talks about his vision to reduce carbon pollution June 25 during a speech at Georgetown University in Washington.

Environment advocates consider Obama climate plan a good step forward

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WASHINGTON - Catholics working for environmental justice welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to address climate change, saying it is an ambitious proposal that deserves watching to ensure that it is carried out.

Syrian priest killed during rebel attack on Franciscan convent

Syrian priest killed during rebel attack on Franciscan convent

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VATICAN CITY - A 49-year-old Syrian priest and hermit was killed June 23, apparently when a group of rebels attacked the Franciscan Convent of St. Anthony in Ghassanieh, a village in the north near the Turkish border.

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